Neuroscene - Social Neuroscience: Measuring and Quantifying Human Empathy

Neuroscene is a cool podcast I have just recently discovered - good stuff. This older post on social neuroscience is very much in the vein of Dan Siegel's work.

However, of more interest to me, the podcast spends a lot of time looking at empathy in the client/therapist relationship, which in many studies has been the primary explanation of why "talk therapy" works.

Sun, 30 November 2008

Social Neuroscience: Measuring and Quantifying Human Empathy

One of the most exciting areas of neuroscience involves the exploration of the biological and physiological underpinnings of human social interaction. And as researchers discover more and more about the critical role that mirror neurons appear to play in our lives, the relatively new field of “social neuroscience” is rapidly becoming the central front from which we examine how the brain influences social behavior, and vice versa.

In this podcast, we speak with Dr. Carl Marci who is the Director of Social Neuroscience for the Psychotherapy Research Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Marci is involved with some of the most advanced research that focuses on measuring and quantifying the human emotion of empathy.

Be sure to listen in on this podcast where we discuss a promising new development in the one of the hottest areas of neuroscience today.

Direct download: NeuroScene_Podcast_Dr._Carl_Marci_113008.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 5:27 PM

Tags: Psychology, empathy, mind, therapy, Neuroscene, Social Neuroscience, Measuring and Quantifying Human Empathy, mirror neurons, Dr. Carl Marci, neuroscience